Thanks Cathie. Maybe this will be a landmark year for Bute. Let’s hope so 🙂

Well said. It’s crazy that Bute is an unkown considering its rich past and unique location.

Cheers for those Bill.

Thanks for those. I’ve seen a few example of individuals and groups doing good things about Bute online. In other areas I’ve visited that have been succesful in using social media to promote a destination, businesses, organisations and individuals have worked together to promote each other and the destination.

I saw there was a #iloveBute hashtag set up on Twitter by Bute supporters which is a great idea and one that lots of destinations use. But it works best the more people add to it and share… especially if supported by the area’s tourist board.

Thanks. I did that and had a look at the facebook page. It’s a good initiative for sure but it also highlights part of the problem. I got the feeling that there was still an element of looking inward rather than a comprehension of the global audience that can be relatively easily reached these days.

As well as encouraging local people to buy local, campaigns should be promoting the best of Bute to the outside world. That might be amongst the plans, so apologies if I’m stating the obvious.